[Fix] App Not Active This App Is Not Accessible Right Now And The App Developer Is Aware Of The Issue 2023

The Error “App not active: This app is not accessible right now and the app developer is aware of the issue.”, is an error that is invoked whenever you are trying to add a Facebook login option in your react native app. Given below is the snippet of the error you might get:

App not active: This app is not accessible right now and the app developer is aware of the issue. You will be able to log in when the app is reactivated.

*Facebook App not active Error Screenshot*

I would like to share with you the steps I took to fix the “App not active: This app is not accessible right now and the app developer is aware of the issue.”

Why “App not active This app is not accessible right now and the app developer is aware of the issue” Error is Seen?

The error, “App not active: This app is not accessible right now and the app developer is aware of the issue.” is seen because there might be an issue with your application’s configuration, you need to check your app’s dashboard for the applications current status. The error is seen because the faulty configuration of your “Info.plist” file in React Native app.

The Facebook SDK enables:

Facebook Login - Authenticate people with their Facebook credentials.
Share and Send dialogs - Enable sharing content from your app to Facebook.
App Events - Log events in your application.
Graph API - Read and write to Graph API.

The detailed solution to fix the error “App not active: This app is not accessible right now and the app developer is aware of the issue.”, is given below:

How to fix “App not active This app is not accessible right now and the app developer is aware of the issue” React Native App Error?

To fix the error, You will have to check the configuration key ‘FacebookSDK’ in the file named “Info.plist” which you can find in the following path ios/name_project/Info.plist.

You have to make sure the configuration is done in a right way.

To fix the error, “App not active: This app is not accessible right now and the app developer is aware of the issue.”, you have to follow the below mentioned steps:

You will have to check the configuration key ‘FacebookSDK’ in the file named Info.plist which you can find in the following path ios/name_project/Info.plist

You have to configure the Info.plist file with an XML snippet that contains data about your app in your react native project. To do so follow the steps given below:

Step 1: Open Source Code

First Right-click on the Info.plist file, and choose Open As -> Source Code.

Step 2: Add the below config

Copy and paste the below mentioned XML snippet in the body of your file, in the following section ” <dict>...</dict>“.

<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
<array>
  <dict>
  <key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
  <array>
    <string>fbAPP-ID</string>
  </array>
  </dict>
</array>
<key>FacebookAppID</key>
<string>APP-ID</string>
<key>FacebookClientToken</key>
<string>CLIENT-TOKEN</string>
<key>FacebookDisplayName</key>
<string>APP-NAME</string>

Step 3: Change App-ID Setting

In the <array><string> in the key [CFBundleURLSchemes], change the APP-ID with your App ID.

Step 4: Change App-ID Setting

In <string> in the key “FacebookAppID“, change APP-ID with your App ID.

Step 5: Change Client Token Value

In <string> in the key “FacebookClientToken“, change CLIENT-TOKEN with the value found under the following path Settings -> Advanced -> Client Token in your Application’s Dashboard.

Step 6: Change App-Name

In <string> in the key ‘FacebookDisplayName‘, change APP-NAME with the name of your app.

Step 7: Edit Facebook Dialogs Settings

If you wish to use any of the Facebook dialogs that are; log in, Share, App Invites, etc, which can perform an app switch to Facebook apps, your application’s Info.plist also needs to include the following:

<key>LSApplicationQueriesSchemes</key>
<array>
  <string>fbapi</string>
  <string>fb-messenger-share-api</string>
</array>

You need to include the Keychain Sharing capability in your project in order for login to work in Mac Catalyst applications.

Below are the steps to include the Keychain Sharing capability in your project:

Step 1: First you have to Select the + Capability button in the Signing & Capabilities tab when you are configuring your app target. Screenshot for changing the setting is given in the image below:

Step 2: Then you have to Find and select the Keychain Sharing capability. A guide to this is given in the image below:

Step 3: Make sure that the Keychain Sharing capability is listed for a target. A guide to this is given in the image below:

This should fix the error, “App not active: This app is not accessible right now and the app developer is aware of the issue.”

Conclusion

To fix the error “App not active: This app is not accessible right now and the app developer is aware of the issue.”, You will have to check the configuration key ‘FacebookSDK’ in the file named Info.plist which you can find in the following path ios/name_project/Info.plist.

To fix the error you have to make sure the configuration is done in a right way.

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